SALE TOTAL

Обзор

RESULTS

Sotheby’s 20th Century Italian Art auction achieved a total of £15,079,500 in a sale in which almost half the artworks sold made over their high estimates. Lucio Fontana’s 1960 Concetto Spaziale led the auction, finally selling to a bidder on the telephone for £1,594,500. Four fresh-to-the-market works from the celebrated collection of the late Stanley J. Seeger also sold for a combined total of £2,050,000, more than twice their estimate.

OVERVIEW

This sale offers stunning works by Modern and Contemporary Italian masters. The exciting range of works in the Modern section includes an elegant handchiselled Marino Marini bronze and iconic works by Giorgio De Chirico and Giorgio Morandi. Truly exceptional post-war pieces by Lucio Fontana, Alberto Burri, and Piero Manzoni are accompanied by important installations from leading Arte Povera artists such as Alighiero Boetti, Mario Merz and Giulio Paolini.